#D8CD5A#D8CD5A

#D8CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD5A
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -10.43, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 58.27, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0326 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9975, 59.0016, 18.3203)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD5A #5A65D8

analogous

#D88E5A #D8CD5A #A4D85A

triadic

#D8CD5A #5AD8CD #CD5AD8

tetradic

#D8CD5A #5AD88E #5A65D8 #D85AA4

square

#D8CD5A #5AD88E #5A65D8 #D85AA4

split-complementary

#D8CD5A #5AA4D8 #8E5AD8

monochromatic

#958B23 #C6B92F #D8CD5A #E4DC8B #EFEBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D8CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD5A

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD5A	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8d',
    500: '#d8cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd5a;
$custom-light: #e7dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83513,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD5A

secondary

#3D4599

accent

#51E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD5A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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